Money

November 27, 2015Comments Off on Never Skip This Home Winterizing Task — Savings Experiment

Filed under: Savings Experiment, Home & Garden, Did You Know Cleaning your gutters twice a year, can stop your money from going down the drain. Here’s how. Clogged gutter systems overflow with rainwater and can damage the foundation of your home, costing you thousands in repairs. So how do you get them clean? It’s easy. One clever trick is to ...

November 27, 2015Comments Off on Economic Good Tidings for Which We Are Grateful

Filed under: Gas Prices, Inflation, Job Market, Government Spending, Economy Getty Images As Thanksgiving approaches, we think about all of the people and things in our lives that we are thankful for — but how often do we think about being thankful for our economic good fortune? The 24-hour news cycle can make it seem like we are in a ...

November 24, 2015Comments Off on Charities Push Giving Tuesday: Here’s How to Give Smartly

Filed under: Holiday Shopping, Charity, Tax Deductions Darryl Bush, Modesto Bee/ZUMAPRESS.com/Alamy By Brian O’Connell Jim Wang and his family like to carve off some of the family holiday season budget for a great cause — giving to the needy. So far, his creative way of doing so has helped changed his view of the holidays from receiving to giving. “A ...

Filed under: Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Drug Companies Mark Lennihan/AP By LINDA A. JOHNSON and TOM MURPHY A $ 160 billion deal announced Monday to merge Pfizer and Allergan and create the world’s biggest drug company renewed the outcry in Washington over “inversions,” in which U.S. corporations combine with companies overseas to lower their tax bill. The combination — ...

November 24, 2015Comments Off on Last Week’s Biggest Movers on Wall Street

Filed under: Netflix, Retail, Entertainment Industry, Wall Street Watch, Investing Shutterstock Plenty of stocks go up and down in any given week. The gainers inspire us to keep investing. The decliners keep greed in check while reminding us about the risks of the equity markets. Let’s go over some of last week’s best and worst performers. Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) ...

Filed under: Company News, Scandals and Lawsuits Getty Images By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO — Major sugar companies and corn refiners including Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) have settled litigation over an ad campaign about high fructose corn syrup, the parties said Friday in a joint statement. Terms of the settlement, which was reached in the middle of trial, weren’t disclosed. ...